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Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos DE Laclos was a French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangerous (Dangerous Liaisons) (1782). A unique case in French literature, he was for a long time considered to be as scandalous a writer as the Marquis DE Sade or Restif DE La Bretonne. He was a military officer with no illusions about human relations, and an amateur writer; however, his initial plan was to "write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on earth after his death"; from this point of view he mostly attained his goals with the fame of his masterwork Les Liaisons dangerous. It is one of the masterpieces of novelist literature of the 18th century, which explores the amorous intrigues of the aristocracy. It has inspired many critical and analytic commentaries, plays and films.

Toussaint Louverture was born in 1743 in Haiti. He died on 7 April 1803 in France.

Vittorio Alfieri was born on 16 January 1749 in Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia [now Piedmont, Italy]. Vittorio was a writer, known for Teatro de siempre (1966), Saul (1959) and Agamennone (1968). Vittorio died on 8 October 1803 in Florence, Kingdom of Etruria [now Tuscany, Italy].

Friedrich G. Klopstock was born on 2 July 1724 in Quedlinburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Satan contre le créator et le diable vert (1912) and Prestige de la musique (1963). He was married to Johanna Elisabeth von Winthem and Margareta Moller. He died on 14 March 1803 in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Germany].

Franz Xaver Süssmayr was born in 1766 in Schwanenstadt, Oberösterreich. Franz Xaver was a composer, known for Castlevania: Nocturne (2023) and Line of city (2012). Franz Xaver died on 17 September 1803 in Vienna, Austria.

François Devienne was born on 31 January 1759 in Joinville, Haute-Marne, France. He died on 5 September 1803 in Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France.